Only putting this here as we are still in 2014 but it relates to next year...

The FIA have released a bumper calendar for the 2015 season, comprising 21 grands prix including Korea and Mexico.

While for Korea it is a surprise recall to the Formula 1 calendar having been dropped following the 2013 race, Mexico's return after after 20 years out was expected.

Korea, which has yet to be confirmed, will slot in on 3 May, back-to-back with Barcelona's Spanish Grand Prix, while Mexico will feature in November, the second in a back-to-back with the United States Grand Prix.

As expected, the season will begin in Australia and end eight months later in Abu Dhabi.

The 2015 F1 Calendar15 March Grand Prix of Australia29 March Grand Prix of Malaysia12 April Grand Prix of China19 April Grand Prix of Bahrain03 May Grand Prix of Korea (TBC)10 May Grand Prix of Spain24 May Grand Prix of Monaco07 June Grand Prix of Canada21 June Grand Prix of Austria05 July Grand Prix of Great Britain19 July Grand Prix of Germany26 July Grand Prix of Hungary23 August Grand Prix of Belgium06 September Grand Prix of Italy20 September Grand Prix of Singapore27 September Grand Prix of Japan11 October Grand Prix of Russia25 October Grand Prix of USA01 November Grand Prix of Mexico15 November Grand Prix of Brazil29 November Grand Prix of Abu Dhabi

Straight from the horse's mouth, apparently Honda expressed a preference for the McLaren drivers. They also expect the engine to have enough power, but initially there might be reliability issues during the first season with the new power recovery systems.

Recently bought a copy of the 2014 season review and I personally feel it is a rather impressive albeit lopsided DVD title. Disc one has highlights of all 19 rounds running to 4 hrs 15 mins whilst disc two only offers a fairly insubstantial 43 mins of bonus features. I personally would have preferred if they had spread the content evenly over both discs with half the race highlights and half the bonus features on each disc. Having said that very impressed to see the short item of a thermal imaging camera at work on Kimi's Ferrari tyres during the opening laps of the Spanish GP.